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Civil Rights Memorial Park

Civil Rights Memorial ParkNever Forget, Never Again.The bloodshed on this bridge named to honor Klan Leader, Edmund Pettus, must fuel our resolve to secure the right to vote in perpetuity. This...

Civil Rights Memorial ParkNever Forget, Never Again.The bloodshed on this bridge named to honor Klan Leader, Edmund Pettus, must fuel our resolve to secure the right to vote in perpetuity....

    Greenwood Playground

    GREENWOOD PLAYGROUND 3.192 ACRES Green-Wood Cemetery was commissioned in 1838 as the first nonsectarian cemetery in the City of Brooklyn. Its striking Victorian gatehouses and shelters,...

    GREENWOOD PLAYGROUND 3.192 ACRES Green-Wood Cemetery was commissioned in 1838 as the first nonsectarian cemetery in the City of Brooklyn. Its striking Victorian gatehouses and...

    • brooklyn
    • windsor terrace
    • kensington
    • green-wood cemetery
    • playground
    • 1935
    • 1922
    • 1993

    Aliso Creek Adobes

      Mormon Battalion Marker

        Koret Playground

          Captain Brady Tonth, Jr.

          A graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, Brady Tonth, Jr. was the first MVSU Air Force ROTC graduate to become a pilot after completing training in Columbus, Mississippi. In 1979, he...

          A graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, Brady Tonth, Jr. was the first MVSU Air Force ROTC graduate to become a pilot after completing training in Columbus, Mississippi. In 1979,...

          • mississippi
          • usaf
          • pilot
          • african american

          Alpha Kappa Alpha National Presidents

            Both former residents of Vicksburg, B. Beatrix Scott and Ida L. Jackson served as the fifth and eighth national presidents of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1925-1927 and 1933-1936,...

            Both former residents of Vicksburg, B. Beatrix Scott and Ida L. Jackson served as the fifth and eighth national presidents of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1925-1927 and...

          • mississippi
          • vicksburg
          • sororities
          • women

          Ralph Ellison

          Inscription 1: RALPH ELLISON / 1914-1994 / AMERICAN WRITER / LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 730 RIVERSIDE DRIVE / HIS PIONEERING NOVEL, INVISIBLE MAN (1952), / DETAILS THE STRUGGLES OF A YOUNG /...

          Inscription 1: RALPH ELLISON / 1914-1994 / AMERICAN WRITER / LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 730 RIVERSIDE DRIVE / HIS PIONEERING NOVEL, INVISIBLE MAN (1952), / DETAILS THE STRUGGLES OF A YOUNG...

            Lest We Forget, Vicksburg

            These headstones represent soldiers from Louisiana and Mississippi who died at the hospitals located at Mississippi Springs and Coopers Wells. These soldiers from the Army of Mississippi died from...

            These headstones represent soldiers from Louisiana and Mississippi who died at the hospitals located at Mississippi Springs and Coopers Wells. These soldiers from the Army of Mississippi died...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg
            • cemetery
            • us civil war

            Frank Crump, Jr.

            Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964, he...

            Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964,...

            • mississippi
            • civil rights

            Lum Home (Grants Headquarters)

            Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build...

            Site of Lum Mansion, Hq. of Gen. U.S. Grant, family & staff, after siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The 26 room house, built about 1820, was later destroyed by order of Capt. Cyrus B. Comstock to build...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg
            • us civil war

            Sky Parlor Hill

            This area was originally Sky Parlor Hill. During the Civil War, locals entrapped by the Siege (1863), would gather here to watch the battles between Confederate and Union forces. This is depicted...

            This area was originally Sky Parlor Hill. During the Civil War, locals entrapped by the Siege (1863), would gather here to watch the battles between Confederate and Union forces. This is depicted...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg

            Missing Angels

            City HallIn 1903 Vicksburg was the largest city in Mississippi. James Riley Gordon, a famous architect, designed the booming town a new "City Hall" that was built for $50,000. Gordon also designed...

            City HallIn 1903 Vicksburg was the largest city in Mississippi. James Riley Gordon, a famous architect, designed the booming town a new "City Hall" that was built for $50,000. Gordon also designed...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg
            • disasters

            If Walls Could Talk

            Warren County Court HouseThe Reverend Newit Vick, Vicksburg's founder, originally planned to build his home on this site; however, after he and his wife both fell victim to yellow fever in August...

            Warren County Court HouseThe Reverend Newit Vick, Vicksburg's founder, originally planned to build his home on this site; however, after he and his wife both fell victim to yellow fever in August...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg
            • history

            Growing and Changing

            A Different Point of ViewVicksburg was pretty bare in the early days. The original townspeople cleared the land and used the trees to construct buildings and open space for farming. When Vicksburg...

            A Different Point of ViewVicksburg was pretty bare in the early days. The original townspeople cleared the land and used the trees to construct buildings and open space for farming. When Vicksburg...

            • mississippi
            • vicksburg

            U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Headquarters Mississippi River Co mmission/Mississippi Valley Division

            The mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi Valley is accomplished by two complementary programs. The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is responsible for evaluating...

            The mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Mississippi Valley is accomplished by two complementary programs. The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is responsible for...

            • mississippi
            • corps of engineers
            • mississippi river

            Broadmoor Golf Course

            Located at the golf club house of the renown Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.  Donald J. Ross1872-1948Legendary Golf Course ArchitectDesigned The Broadmoor's FirstGolf Course in 1916submitted...

            Located at the golf club house of the renown Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.  Donald J. Ross1872-1948Legendary Golf Course ArchitectDesigned The Broadmoor's FirstGolf Course in 1916submitted...

            • golf
            • broadmoor
            • colorado springs

            Road Of Remembrance WWI

            This plaque is on one of the two pillars at "Nine Mile Corner", where Colorado highway 7 intersects U.S. highway 287 in Lafayette, Colorado. It's 9 miles from this corner to downtown Boulder.  ...

            This plaque is on one of the two pillars at "Nine Mile Corner", where Colorado highway 7 intersects U.S. highway 287 in Lafayette, Colorado. It's 9 miles from this corner to downtown Boulder.  ...

            • boulder
            • lafayette
            • colorado
            • highway
            • great war
            • wwi
            • lions club
            • roads

            Old Burying Ground St. Francisville

            Established by 18th Century Capuchin Friars.

            Established by 18th Century Capuchin Friars.

            • louisiana
            • cemetery
            • st. francisville

            LSU Campus Mounds - History of the Mounds

            The mounds were created by the First Peoples of North America. Experts believe these hunter-gatherers considered the mounds to be sacred and met there for ceremonial activities and secular events....

            The mounds were created by the First Peoples of North America. Experts believe these hunter- gatherers considered the mounds to be sacred and met there for ceremonial activities and...

            • louisiana
            • lsu
            • native american
            • earthworks